I still think that this is your Darwin Award™ winner, but this guy has to at least receive an honorable mention:
A suspected copper thief whose flesh melded on a utility pole after he was hit with about 7,000 volts has died.
James Buster McKay, 51, died at about 11 p.m. Saturday at Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed today. He had been listed in critical condition. A Dallas Fire-Rescue official said Mr. McKay had suffered third-degree burns and was burned on about 50 percent of his body.
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When crews arrived, they found cut wires on the ground and Mr. McKay stuck between transformers on the pole, police said.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sherrie Lopez said the man had been hit with about 7,000 volts, possibly twice. The rescue was hindered because his flesh had adhered to the metal components on the pole. Much of his clothing had either “burned off or blown off,” she said.
Along with what little brains he had.
Idiot.
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Found some Darwin potential at Andrew Sullivan’s. The first involved AC current and a swimming pool.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/the-dumbest-fli.html